At the forefront of innovation, safety

Engineers keep America and the world on the move

March 1, 2023

Consider the numbers:

• More than 617,000 bridges across the U.S. rely on their expertise as do the approximately 2.6 million miles of pipeline that provide energy to U.S. homes, businesses and schools.
• The engines and turbines that keep people and equipment on the move count on their knowledge.
• Design of the safest and most advanced methods to harness energy rely on their skill.

From tunnels to highways to bridges and buildings, engineering marvels are deliberate feats that require the skills, vision and expertise of highly experienced teams—including the approximately 227,000 engineers who work throughout the U.S.

“Petroleum engineers, safety engineers, environmental engineers, software engineers, mechanical engineers—each of them has a critical role in designing and maintaining the safe operation of our pipeline network, including Line 5 in the Straits of Mackinac,” said Paul Meneghini, Enbridge’s community engagement manager who also is an engineer from Michigan.

“They comprise a highly experienced team working to help ensure Michiganders and the region continue to receive from Enbridge Line 5 the energy on which they rely every day.”

Engineering key to building Great Lakes Tunnel Project

Engineers also are essential to designing the Great Lakes Tunnel, which will employ technology and construction techniques that contribute to it being an engineering marvel.

 

“I am proud to be part of a profession that makes a better, sustainable future.”

—Paul Meneghini, Enbridge manager of community engagement in Michigan

The Great Lakes Tunnel will house in concrete a replacement section of Enbridge’s Line 5 deep below the lakebed in the Straits. It will remove the pipeline itself from the water, eliminating the chance of an anchor strike and virtually eliminate the chance of a release.

“The Great Lakes Tunnel is the next step in our commitment to enhance safe operation of Line 5 in the Straits while increasing measures to protect our waterways,” said Meneghini.

“Our engineers are an essential part of the team that will bring the Tunnel to fruition, benefiting the entire region.”

Meneghini added, “This month we mark World Engineering Day, with a focus on how engineers and technicians make a positive difference in peoples’ lives. I am proud to be part of a profession that makes a better, sustainable future.”

March 4 marks World Engineering Day. Click here to learn more.